Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-12-08
tiERE AND THERE

A case Of leprosy, Just arrived from Homo
lulu, has been discovered at Port Townsend,
Washington territory.
A college is being built at Los Angeles, Cal,
which will be when completed the next largest
female seminary in the state
A bridge is to be built at once across the
Columbia river from the Oregon side to La
Camas, Washington territory.
Not since the season of 1850 has whaling in
the Attic ocean been as profitable as 1t is this
year. Whales are plentiful aud easy to cap
ture.
Buffalo Bilps wild west show in London viii
be succeeded by an Italian exhibition, the
chief feature of which Is an imitation of the
great colosseum
During the months of September and Octo-
Der lG6 Cinnamon, who had become wealthy
in New York city, sailed from that port for
their native land never to return.
The depredations OF Indians near Holbrool,
Arizona, have been SO many that the settlers
have resolved to commence war Of extermi-
nation If the redskins do not keep inside the
reservation.
blacksmith at Lewiston, Me-, makes con-
siderable pin money by manufacturing iron
and steel rings aud selling Them as sure cure
for rheumatism. He warrants them to cure
and gets 50 cents piece
The first crop of tobacco ever raised in En-
gland was harvested this season. The cult
vator does not receive much encoura cement,
however, for The English government insists
upon hun paying duty, as il the tobacco were
imported.
The new dancing slippers have Louis XIV"
heels, with stitching round them. The hand
soonest ones are merely foxed with kid or
leather, the vamps or quarters being Of satin
to match the dress. The bronze foxing is
especially rich.
Recently leather firm at Boston sold one
Thousand feet of grain leather at 10}9 cents
per foot. Not long after the bill was return
ed TO them, with demand for cents de-
duction for one-quarter foot short measure.
They allowed it,
Contrary to the general superstition there
are no areas of frozen swamps 10 be found in
| the country adjacent TO Alaska A surveying
party employed by the government of Canada
discovered a great deal of grassy country
along the branches Of the Yukon river.
After all, the Chinese are as honorable as
any people on the globe Recently the
government of that backward empire returned
to the United States portion Of the Rock
! Springs indemnity SO misery appropriated by
congress, as 1t was found in the fual distribu-
ton that some of the claims were duplicated.
George Goodwin, while riding along in the
mountains near Wetmore, Col, herding stock
and playing a French horn, saw coming
toward him a coyote. He quickly dsmount-
ed, still playing the horn and procured club.
| The wolf seemed unconscious Of the danger,
! sud allowed him to come so close that lie kill
! cd 1t with the club.
In its efforts to find the true boundary line
! between itself and Massachusetts,, New
! Hampshire sent to the record Office in London
! and procured fac SMILES of the orders Of the
king In council and of the old maps and sur
veys. These latter were compared with the
recent surveys of n United States engineer,
aud the two were found to be almost identical.
Two Corean ENJOYS were sent with con-
gratulations and presents 10 the emperor OF
| China on the occasion of his recent birthday.
Many Of these presents were returned to them,
the Chinese custom forbidding the acceptance
of all the presents offered, and the ENJOYS,
when they went back, left these behind to be
!
! to be made to the emperor.
Recently an order was received in the com
pOsIng-room Of a Boston publication that
Christian names were to be Invariably indicat-
ed by initials, the name In no instance to be
printed in full. The next issue contained
mention of G. Cleveland, G. Washington, and
so on. 1t ia said that the order was revoked
when the editor found Don Quxote's squire
figuring on a proof-sheet as rs. Pania."
A Maine sailor played a mean trick on q
shark one day not long ago. The tiger OF the
sea had been following the boat for several
days aud existing on the garbage thrown over
board, and the sailor decided TO have some
fun with him. He took large piece OF lime
aud threw 1t at the fish, which greedly gulp
ed 1t down. The lime at once began to Stake,
rible agony for few minutes turned ovci
and died
Ex.Comptroller John j. Knox has received
from a friend an interesting relic In the shape
OF protested note of Robert Morris. the fnan
cial hacker Of the union In It's war for indie
pen dence. Pasted to the note of protest 1:
the original note for s., 900 The signature 1.
In Q bold hand. The date Is 1885, 1t 10 wei
known that Mr.. Morris, after raising 81, 400,
600 on his credit for tho Revolutionary army
and declining the treasury portfolio In favoI
Of Alexander Hamilton, met with reverses AND
died poor nan.
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